given to tears or weeping; causing to shed tears; mournful, lugubrious

eschew

avoid and stay away from deliberately

ninnyhammer

a fool or simpleton; ninny.

flibbertigibbet

a silly, flighty, or excessively talkative person.

catachresis

misapplication of a word, especially in a mixed metaphor, strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as 'blatant' to mean 'flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: 'blind mouths')

erotema

rhetorical question

dereliction

a tendency to be negligent and uncaring

propinquity

nearness in place or time; kinship

ignominious

deserving or bringing disgrace or shame

effluvia

outpouring of gases or vapors, odorous fumes given off by waste

detumescence

diminishing or lessening of swelling

insouciant

not concerned; free from care

recreancy

cowardice; cowardly giving up

deluge

flood, fill or cover completely, usually with water

glutton

a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess

heresy

an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred

sanctimonious

Feigning piety or righteousness

wend

to travel; to go on one's way or direct one's way

wean

to withdraw from any type of habit

lien

the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged

slake

(v.) to satisfy, relieve, or bring to an end; moderate or lessen (e.g. anger)

feint

a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of

drone

speaking in a monotonous tone; a continuous low humming sound

molt

to shed hair, skin, or an outer layer periodically

drawl

a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels

spurn

reject with contempt

prone

(adj.) lying face down; inclined, likely

glean

to collect bit by bit; to gather with patient labor

loll

to act in a lazy manner; to lounge; to recline, droop

foil

to defeat; to keep from gaining some end; a thin sheet of metal; a light fencing sword; a person or thing serving as a contrast to another

hew

to shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to

ansate

having a handle or hand-like shape

ingratiate

(v.) to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)

brummagem

not genuine : spurious; also : cheaply showy : tawdry

flagrant

extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable

exploit

a notable achievement

simper

(v.) to smile or speak in a silly, forced way; (n.) a silly, forced smile

filial

of or like a son or daughter

umbradge

offsense, annoyance, resentment

novitiate

someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows

to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted from. describe. possible- explaining the meaning of

coinage

the act of inventing a word or phrase

lionization

the behavior that treats someone as a celebrity, either respectfully honoring or fawning adoration

transcend

to rise above or beyond, exceed

marginalization

Groups lacking desirable traits are excluded from society. These groups include poor, uneducated, undesirable color and language. These groups will stay on the margin of acceptance by society unless there is social intervention.

foreground

n. That part of a landscape or picture situated or represented as nearest the spectator. foremost

avid

enthusiastic; extremely interested

gawkiness

awkward; ungainly; clumsy.

undemonstrative

unwilling to show feelings or affection

panache

distinctive and stylish elegance, self-confidence; a showy manner

abridged

Shortened, usually in reference to a written or spoken work

synoptic

presenting a summary or general view of a whole

invigoration

quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous

vertebrate

an animal with a backbone

phylogeny

the evolutionary history of an organism

inform

give character or essence to

verve

energy in movement; exuberance

dash

break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over, run or move very quickly or hastily, cause to lose courage, hurl or thrust violently, add an enlivening or altering element to

incidence

the relative frequency of occurrence of something

ingenuous

innocent, simple; frank, sincere

epigraph

The use of a quotation at the beginning of a work that hints at its theme.

epigram

a witty saying expressing a single thought or observation

sacrilegious

grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred, desecrating; profane; N. sacrilege: desecration, misuse, or theft of something sacred

osculate

To kiss

ossify

to change into bone; to become hardened or set in a rigidly conventional pattern

mussitate

to silently move the lips in simulation of audible speech.

trope

artful diction; the use of language in a nonliteral way; also called a figure of speech